Madrid 1936-2026
Casablanca: Sam plays it again
This reminds me a college classmate of mine had a question about sources for a paper in an intro level Middle East class. So naturally he called Bernard Lewis on the phone. In 2004.
The second one is a BoB Spitfire veteran and one of the only two Stukas from ww2 captured in North Africa.
Chicago Science and tech museum has two get exhibits on WW2. U-505 captured on 6/04/1944. They don’t mention King wanted Gallery court-martialed for the capturing the sub and revealing allied knowledge of enigma.
As my story of Simon, the only feline recipient of the highest medal for animal gallantry is doing the rounds again. I'll share that HMS Amethyst's "general characteristics" section on Wikipedia has a unique crew complement section.
I’m guessing the Golden Dome
Any idea the navigator’s name?
I revisited Qsar Bshir this weekend after a year. The fort is an incredible well preserved late-Roman fort in Jordan. Its claim to fame is the only Roman fort with its dedication stone in place above the doorway. Sadly, after 1700 years it finally needs modern restoration to keep it in place.
There is always the argument “why are we giving money to country X, when ….” But the when part just becomes tax cuts to millionaires.
Good. Asking would be considered a nuisance. (JK: It’s from the war rooms at Malta.)
I always thought the most interesting thing about the gallery was not the medals but the artifacts that were associated with them. Does Lord Ashcroft own just the medals or everything in the galleries?
No that is in the separate WW2 gallery. It is the jolly boat from the SS Anglo Saxon. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
As far as I’ve seen there is no definitive book. Sledge and Leckie are great for the Marines. John McManus has a great book on the US army.
I was dissuaded from his book when David included William Manchester’s account as factual. Manchester almost completely made up his book Goodbye Darkness. If David had even done the least amount of fact checking by looking at Wikipedia he would have found this out.
I finally got around to watching Blitz and really enjoyed it. I particularly loved the portrayal of the AFS. My grandfather was in the AFS. Here he is with his brothers(one recently back from the desert) and mother.
So we can finally salvage her?
August Willich
Isn’t the correct assumption that he should then have known better, and it wasn’t an accident?
I haven’t been disappointed by one yet. Trial by Battle really stood out to me. Warriors for the Working day is rightly also highly regarded. Baron’s was great as well.
Also the Russian cruiser Aurora. Is there any other naval battle in which a ship is preserved from both sides? Implacable was close.
Today was a good day.
I always take a moment today to think about the saddest Valentine’s Day in history.
Also famously happened at a school in Tokyo during the Doolittle raid.
Yeah… the last few chapters are either his after action reports or mostly-incoherent ramblings.
How do you feel about Cracknell’s work?
